Child&#39;s chair



Patented Aug. 9, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHILDS CHAIR HomerCarr, Hollywood, Calif.

Application May 7, 1945, Serial No. 592,319

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to furniture specially adapted for the use ofinfants and small children and has for its object to provide a verycomfortable, durable and at the same time very inexpensive chair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a chair in which an infantmay be seated and secured without danger of its falling therefrom.

A further object of this invention is to provide a chair with a cushionsupport, whereby it may be set upon a highly polished floor, table orother base Without possibility of scratching the same.

A still further object of the invention is to provide in an infantschair integrally formed strap supporting means.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of my improved chair,

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 thereof,

Figure 3 is an elevational view of the chair taken from the back,

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail of a strap end.

In the accompanying drawings as above enumerated and in the followingspecification, like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout and in which NJ, indicates my improved infants chair whichconsists of a seat l the rear peripheral edge l2, of which is semicylindrical. To this edge is attached an oval shaped member l3, whichforms the back I4, side wings l5 and I6, and a support I l, for the rearof the chair. The front and free edge 18, of the seat II, is slightlyarcuate and has depending therefrom an apron I9, which reaches from wingto wing. The lower edge 23, of said apron is provided with a reinforcingstrip H, which also acts to bind an elongated cushion 22, to said edge.A similar strip 23, is provided on the rear lower edge 24, of the backl4, and also binds a similar cushion 25. These cushion members may beformed of felt padding, solid rubber, inflated tubing, or the like.

Adjacent the back 14, are provided oppositely disposed pairs of slots 26and 21, each fair forming a buckle means for locking the ends 28 and 29,of a strap 30, therein. This strap is intended to be passed around thechest of an infant, under its arms in order to prevent it from fallingforward in the chair. Similar sets of slots 3! and 32, are provided inthe Wings l5 and I6, adjacent the outer edges 33 and 34, to hold theends 35 and 35, of a strap 31, as a secondary precautionary means forholding an infant, or for the use on an older child. These slots areenlarged at the upper ends 38, and reduced at the lower portions 39, inorder that the strap ends may be easily passed through the enlargedportions and then shoved down to wedge in said lower portions. In Figure5, it will be noted that the end 40, of strap 4|, is enlarged to passthrough an upper slot 38, and when pushed down into the the lower slot39, it will be secured therein. This strap is slightly shorter than thedistance between slots 32 and 33, but the wings I5 and 16, aresufiiciently flexible to permit them being pressed toward one another topermit the end 42, to pass through an opposite slot after the end 40,has already been secured, thus the strap will be held taut across thechair. A hand hole 43, is provided adjacent the upper edge 44, of theback [4.

The above described chair may be formed entirely of plywood, sheet metalor other suitable light material, and aside from the cushions andstraps, may be made complete with only three pieces of material. A bore45, may be provided in the center of the back l4, just under the seatII, for a rope and screw eyes 46 and 41, provided adjacent the oppositeouter edges 48 and 49, of the bottom 50, of said seat and at the spaces5| and 52, between the opposing edges 53 and 54, and 55 and 56, ofmember l3 and I9, to which ropes may be attached for suspending thechair in an automobile or elsewhere.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts suchas come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to,in actual practice, if desired.

Havin now described my invention, that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

A chair having a substantially semi-circular seat, a substantiallyoval-shaped flexible member attached to an edge thereof forming anintegral back, side arms and rear support for the seat, a dependingarcuate apron secured to the front edge of the seat forming a frontsupport, said side arms being formed with transversely and verticallyspaced oppositely disposed locking slots,

guard straps of lesser length than the normal distance between similarlypositioned slots in the oppositely disposed flexible chair armsinsertable in said slots when the chair arms are flexed toward eachother for holding the guard straps under tension when said chair armsare permitted to move toward their original position, and bumper cushionstrips detachably secured to the lower ends of said front and rear seatsupports.

. HOMER CARR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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